Hey there.
In article 'Message #287', John Mcdonald wrote:
JM> This is great!
JM>         Thanks Will.  Can't wait to try out your suggestions.  Hey, I'd
JM> like
JM> to know what you did to come up with 'em, did you sit down at a keyboard,
JM> did
JM> you get out a score or fakebook?  Don't tell me you worked it all out in
JM> your
JM> head or I'll put a bullet through mine .  Not really, but hey, this is
JM> swell; this works, bbsing can be a lot more than just BSing; it can help! 
I
JM> would like to lay my E-mail address on you here.  I got some ideas about
JM> working through the mail to create a demo. Got this guy who claims to 
ave
JM> connections in Nashville; and I've been talking to him about some sort of
JM> Texas Swing style stuff, not exactly like "Asleep at the Wheel" or Lyle
JM> Lovett, but along that order of Jazz with C&W instrumentation.
JM>         Really appreciate your input, and do hope to hear from you, like
JM> soon.
Glad that you liked them.
Where did I come up with them? Well, I'm alot older than I look. Graduated 
from Berklee in Dec of '79 (Pre MIDI(!)). Played that song and about a 
million others like it since. Simple harmonic substitution, m'boy...
Look at the notes in the chords, and look at the notes in the melody. Think 
of what a good bass like to be in counterpoint to the melody, and then fill 
in the substitutions with whatever fits.
None of this stuff comes quickly at first, but when you do a little studying 
and then use that knowledge when you play, it becomes second nature, and you 
no longer have to really think about it. Could you go to another country and 
just start speaking their language without learning it? Music is just another 
language, and until you learn it, it won't make any sense. I couldn't go to a 
conference of biologists and understand a thing they said. I Know... I've 
played for some.
Right now, time is a problem as far as taking on much more of anything, but 
I'll be glad to consult with you on whatever you might ba having problems 
with. You can email me at lopguys@aol.com, or leave me amessage here. 
TTYL!
Will Morrison
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